Overall Ratings & Reviews El Meson de Despeñaperros

Friendly staff, and beautiful views of the mountains!

Beautiful location… very comfortable and very friendly staff … food was amazing! Best cheesecake 😀

A nice small hotel. Beautiful view of the mountains. Breakfast is great!!

A very decent hotel. Better than 2• suggests. Large bathroom with corner bath. Restaurant has homemade local produce. Cheesecake (baked) up with the best. Staff very helpful.

Everything was beautiful super clean super friendly staff super quiet and a beautiful scenery took a walk through the olive Grove next to the campsite. Highly recommend it we even booked an extra night here on our way back through.

Quaint little hotel with very nice staff. Clean rooms and comfortable beds. Toilet kept running in our room overnight and the view from the window was just an adjacent rooftop. Breakfast was disappointing with only simple toast, muffin, and juice/tea/coffee. Excellent surrounding restaurants.

The place is great, confortable and very clean. Because of its location, it is a little outdated but we were satisfied with the facility and service.

Nice place and easy parking. Nice restaurant and excellent staff hospitality.

An easy to find hotel for a stop on a long journey. Good food and helpful staff.

Lovely hotel fantastic decor. Room was very large, super comfortable bed and a balcony with two chairs. The bathroom was enormous with a balcony. Staff was very friendly helpful and polite. Dinner was good and interesting choice of meals. The drinks were slightly expensive but considering the good price of the room with breakfast included and dinner That’s was fine. We will definitely stay here again and would recommend this lovely hotel. We would rate it a 10/10 😀

An establishment of character and great service.

Depressing Room, uncomfortable small bed. Only one light in room. No chairs. Filthy small balcony. Restaurant really overpriced very average food and wine.

Friendly hotel staff, good location. Restaurant was overpriced.

A convenient stop-over between Bilbao and the Costa del Sol. Good, clean facilities; with a reasonable restaurant serving local dishes. Convenient parking (free).

Brilliant location - restaurant, terrace and some rooms have a fantastic view over the Despenaperros valley. A good stop over for anyone driving between Madrid and Andaluia. And a good base for walking. Good sized room and good Spanish breakfast. Friendly staff. Only disappointment is that the bar is a bit expensive and doesn't offer tapas and the range of food is limited. And St Elena offers few other watering holes, We travelled outside the hunting season and found the stay excellent value. Might be more in demand during the hunting season.

Hotel and rooms very outdated,staff friendly but restaurant meals expensive and not good value

I liked the place. But it wasn't that special. But for the price it was good. We had been travelling through Spain from France and this was just an overnight stop. So it was okay for that. I won't be going back in a hurry though. The bathroom smelled awful. I think the bar prices and restaurant prices were expensive compared to the other hotels we have stayed in. The food. Well, it must of been us. Because it was packed with locals. We had the deer with freezing cold potato puree. The meat was just slightly warm. Maybe that is the way the locals like it. But it wasn't for us. The staff were very nice.

friendly service

Wow we really enjoyed our stay here, great room and the views are amazing, lovely little town, very friendly and excellent value

We stopped here during our road trip from Barcelona to Motril in the south of Spain. It was perfectly located between Almagro and the Sierra de Cazorla. We arrived late in the evening and the check-in was fast. The staff is friendly. The room included breakfast which we think makes this hotel good value for money. The parking facilities are right in front of the hotel which makes this hotel great for a one-night stop.